Yosemite Drive-By #1
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This was taken from the car as Chip was driving up to Glacier Point in Yosemite. I was going through an obsessive photographer thing about missing shots as we zipped past. So I took out my camera, I started shooting images. I threw away 100+ duds but there is a handful of interesting images that resulted. Also, I made myself car-sick taking these images.
On a technical note, this image was not manipulated in Photoshop except for a levels adjustment. This image was taken through a car windshield and the camera was hand-heldw with aperture of f/22 and with a shutter speed of 1.3 seconds. I did auto-focus probably on the yellow bush on the left before pressing the shutter. My camera's auto-focus mode does detect movement of the focus point and try to track with that movement. I believe that predictive auto-focus gives the stuttering/streaky quality to this image.
cool effect!
Posted by: NoWords | October 31, 2006 at 05:10 AM
i like the painting effect, is it fiddled or it is due
to the car movement?
Posted by: matteo 81 | October 31, 2006 at 08:07 AM
This is perfect!
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Posted by: Steven Burda, MBA | October 31, 2006 at 09:03 AM
Many thanks for the kind comments. This image is not 'fiddled' in Photoshop and is purely caused by the motion of the car. I did due a strong tonal adjustment that made the blues pop.
Posted by: Dorothy | October 31, 2006 at 04:31 PM